Michael Brack Receives 2011 Outstanding Young Alumnus Award
Michael Brack is President of Datum Engineers, a firm that specializes in the Art of Structural Engineering.
During the 2011 Alumni Banquet and Academy of Distinguished Alumni Induction Ceremony in October, the department recognized an outstanding young graduate who has become an influential leader in the engineering community. Michael Brack (BSCE/BA Plan II Honors 1994, MSCE 1996) is this year's award recipient.
This annual award is given to a graduate of the CAEE Department under the age of 40 who has distinguished himself or herself with outstanding service and contributions to the engineering profession and community.
Michael Brack, P. E., serves as President of Datum Engineers, a structural engineering firm founded in 1937 with offices in Dallas and Austin. He joined the company in 1996, and became a Principal in 2004. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering, a BA in Liberal Arts, and a MS in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. During his time at Datum, he has been responsible for a wide variety of projects spanning higher education, laboratory, healthcare, commercial, government, K-12, and residential. He was an early proponent of BIM and began implementing its use in 2006 with the $125M Experimental Science Building project for the University of Texas at Austin.
For more information about Michael or to read about past recipients, please visit our Outstanding Young Alumni page.
Please download a nomination form if you would like to nominate a deserving colleague for the 2012 award. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2012 and next year's honoree will be announced in June 2012.
For more information, please contact Alumni Coordinator Laura Klopfenstein at (512) 471-1279 or klopfenstein@mail.utexas.edu